Super chocolate being developed for army (AAP via Yahoo!7 News) Vitamin-packed dark chocolate that won't melt in the heat of battle and will last for years is being developed for Australian soldiers. [News Source]

OBTAIN RARE PHOTOGRAPH OF VITAMIN B 1 CRYSTALS (Science News) Did you ever see a vitamin? In that rare photograph is shown vitamin B 1 , the one found in whole cereals, green vegetables, fruit, milk, and yeast, lack of which causes nervous and intestinal malfunctions and loss of appetite and weight. [News Source]

Northern aboriginal people urged to boost vitamin D intake (CBC Newfoundland and Labrador) Health experts are urging northerners, and aboriginal people in particular, to spend some time in the sun and take in more vitamin D in food or vitamin supplements. [News Source]

A spoonful of salt will help the sickness rate go down.

Five million small, blue, plastic spoons are being distributed to households in Beijing in an attempt to encourage healthier eating. The plan is to get every family to limit its salt intake to only one spoonful a day.

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Human food eyed in pet food recall probe. Government inspectors are checking food makers who use protein concentrates to make sure none of the contaminated products found in pet food have reached other products, the Food and Drug Administration said Thursday. [News Source]

Forum looks beyond Kyoto protocol. Tokyo University Prof. Ryuji Matsuhashi focused on the history and the current situation surrounding global warming and climate change in considering a potential framework for the post-Kyoto Protocol period in a keynote speech. [News Source]

13 states meet to combat heart disease. Doctors, lawmakers and specialists hope to launch a public health network in 13 states to change one of the stark facts of Appalachian life: Residents are 20 percent more likely to die from heart disease than the rest of the country. [News Source]

Nassau wages battle against poor diets. Armed with a new report that more than half of county residents are obese or overweight, Nassau County, New York officials said Thursday they are ready to take the next step in their crusade against poor eating habits. [News Source]

A genetic clue to heart disease. Researchers have used a new gene-hunting technique to pinpoint a novel genetic variant that raises some people's odds of having a heart attack. The results, reported in Science, suggest a possible new contributor to heart disease. [News Source]

Researchers uncover genetic link to raised risk of heart attack. Scientists have discovered a genetic variation which can significantly increase the risk of heart attack. [News Source]

DNA test to identify those twice as likely to have an early heart attack. A test that determines whether people have an inherited vulnerability to heart attacks is to be developed after scientists discovered a genetic variant that can double the risk of having one at an early age. [News Source]

Kinks in DNA increase risk of heart disease in whites. Eric Boerwinkle and colleagues in the United States and Canada, along with a second team of researchers, have uncovered variations in just two DNA letters — out of 3 billion in the human code — that increase the risk of heart disease in whites by up to 40 percent. [News Source]